2 Amendments of Derk Jan EPPINK related to 2020/2140(DEC)
Amendment 639 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 156 a (new)
Paragraph 156 a (new)
156a. Is concerned at the continued failure to remove problematic material from Palestinian schoolbooks or to act effectively against hate speech and violence in such textbooks; insists that the earmarking of EU funding for salaries paid to teachers and public servants in the education sector must be made conditional on educational material and course content complying with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence and non-violence, in accordance with the decision of the EU Education Ministers of 17 March 2015 in Paris and the European Parliament decision of 13 May 2020 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section III – Commission (2019/2056(DEC));
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 156 b (new)
Paragraph 156 b (new)
156b. Is concerned at loopholes in EU legislation regarding the funding of terrorism, which could allow EU funding earmarked for the Palestinian Authority to be diverted into organisations on the EU terrorist list; [1] calls on the Commission to close these legal loopholes and closely monitor the use of Union funding by third parties to ensure that none of it is used for any form of terrorism and/or religious and political radicalisation; [1]Palestinian Media Watch, 23 June 2020.